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You can either scroll through these pages or click on a face to jump directly to that crew member.
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Mouse over the crew portraits below to see our new crew members receive their official Half Moon crew shirts.
Student Crew | Adult Crew
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William Reynolds: Ship's Captain
Captain William Reynolds has been captain of the Half Moon and Director of the New Netherland Museum since 1998. Before coming to the Half Moon, he captained numerous seagoing vessels, both historical and industrial. His background also includes training and work in the environmental sciences. He currently lives with his family in Selkirk, NY, and is looking forward to seeing the new student crew meet the challenges this Voyage of Discovery places before them.
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Menno Smit: First Mate
Menno Smit is from the Netherlands. Last year he finished the Maritime Academy for traditional (square rigged) sailing vessels in Enkhuizen, the Netherlands. At that academy he contacted Janine Oosterloo, the well-known boatswain of the Half Moon. She made him an enthusiast of the ship, the program, and the background of the whole project.
In Enkhuizen he also met Captain Reynolds, who made him even more enthusiastic. The result was that Menno is now the first mate on this Voyage of Discovery. He has already met a lot of nice and motivated people on board the ship, even before the students arrived. He thinks the trip will be great. Not only is the Hudson River a very nice place but, maybe more importantly, the Half Moon is a unique ship. In Holland, there are several replica ships, but they do not sail, and are just for tours. To sail with the Half Moon will be a unique experience. To set the sails and navigate the river using a whipstaff instead of a steering wheel; he looks forward to setting out.
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Mark Morel: Boatswain
Mark Morel hails from the Netherlands, where he lives on a houseboat in Amstelveen, near Amsterdam. He works as an instructor at a sailing school, where they teach sailing to students of all ages. After joining us for our fall Voyage of Discovery and History Channel voyages in 2004, Mr. Morel has returned this year to live and work on the Half Moon for another season. He considers this an expression of how much he likes being here and working with a student crew.
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Rosemary Barton: Ship's Cook
Mrs. Rosemary Barton's culinary skills as cook on the Half Moon are beyond compare. She has been the chief cook & bottle washer (not to mention crew confidante) on the Half Moon for eleven years, unfailingly preparing impeccable meals for two dozen hungry crewmembers within the sharply limited time, space, and resources of a ship's galley.
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Sylvia Lawler: Assistant Ship's Cook
Sylvia Lawler one day asked Captain Reynolds, "Who cooks for all those kids on the Voyage of Discovery?" He smiled and replied, "Volunteers, Sylvia, volunteers." That's it in a nutshell. This is Mrs. Lawler's second Voyage of Discovery on the Half Moon. She would like to thank Captain Reynolds for including her in this adventure.
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Scott Beiter: Educator
Scott Beiter is on his second Voyage of Discovery. This is also his fifth year teaching 8th-grade science at Rensselaer Middle High School. He enjoys watching the students becoming excited about science and sailing while on the Half Moon.
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Daniel Scott Dawson: Deckhand
Mr. Dawson is a professional handyman/painter and spent the summer of 2005 restoring the Half Moon to its original 17th century colors after they were muted for the ship's use in the film, The New World. This is Mr. Dawson's fourth Voyage of Discovery. When not working on the Half Moon, Mr. Dawson is an avid fisherman and wilderness explorer, and he also enjoys skiing, billiards, the New York Yankees, and listening to and collecting live music.
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Mary Ellen Jacobs: Science Officer
Mary Ellen Jacobs has an undergraduate degree in history and a Ph.D. in molecular biology & biochemistry. She is currently a researcher at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, CT. She is serving as science officer on this Voyage of Discovery, during which she hopes to introduce students to the biology of the Hudson River, as well as the history of the Henry Hudson & his crew on their 1609 voyage along the river that would bear his name.
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John W. Mangrum: Webmaster
Originally hailing from the suburbs of Philadelphia, PA, John W. Mangrum holds one of the most anachronistic positions the crew of a 17th-century wooden sailing ship could imagine: the Half Moon's webmaster. Seldom seen in front of the camera, he oversees the daily updates to this website during our voyages. A former roleplaying game designer, Mr. Mangrum is now enjoying his third year of voyages aboard the Half Moon. What started as a simple, impromptu dockside tour of the ship has since turned into a life of adventure.
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Dan Morency: Educator
This is his first trip on the Half Moon. Mr. Morency is looking forward to sailing the Hudson River and having a great experience with his students.
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Colin Terry: Educator
Colin Terry teaches 7th and 8th grade Social Studies at Oneida Middle School in Schenectady, NY. He's as excited as ever about his fourth Voyage of Discovery.
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Steve Weisse: Deckhand
Steve Weisse, the father of a former student crewmember on a Voyage of Discovery, has since graduated to serving as a crew member on the Half Moon himself. A professional musician, he often uses his trumpet to serenade the crew in the evening and to act as a "wake-up facilitation engineer" each morning. This is Mr. Weisse's third Voyage of Discovery with the Half Moon.
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